Alexander iiuber



(No Model.) V, V I A.HUBER.

SUSPENSION TROLLBY AND RAILWAY;

No. 588,714.. PatentedAu g 24, 1897,-

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.t-rolleyirom one line 4 by simple means by the trol- "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. Application filed ay 5, 1896- Serial No. 590,292. (No model.) Patented loN-TROLLEY AND RAILWAYL 588,714, dated Ai gun 24, 18 97. in Germany March 17,1894, -N6. 78,459, and in England January'4;1B95, N0. 293.

To a]! whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ALEXANDER 'IILBER, a subject" of the King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Sus-' pension lrollevs and Railways Therefor, (for which I have obtained a patent in Germany, No. 78,459, dated March 12, 189i, and in Great dated Jnn'uarvvl, 1895,) of which the follt'iwing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in suspension-trolleys and in railways therefor; and the special object of. this invention is that in railway-crossings and switches of suspended railways thepassaoe of the running of rails onto the other maybe ell'ected ley itself, and that such crossings, points, or switches may be traversed without the wheels losing theirsupport on the line or receiving concussions when crossing.

These improvements are shown in diiferent viewsin 1-7igures1 to ii. oi. the annexed drawings, in whieh- Fig. 1 is asectional side elevation of the improved trollc y with part of the rail-on, which it runs. lig. i. is an elevation oflthe trolley at right angles to Fl". 1, showing the rails in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, showing a crossing-place in the rails. Fig. i is a detailed'viewof part of the trolley, showing a modified const ruction. 1:ig. illustrates in )lan a CIUSSl ELPDltlt'G'lll. the rails'and means '01" automatically turning the trolley 1 rom the one to the other track. of a single point orv branch. Figs. 7 and 8 are elevations of the trolley and of means for supporting the same when passing crossings at right angles. Figs. J and 10 illustrate modified forins of trolley-wheels. l igs. '11 and 1; show in plan modified constructions of the rails to avoid friction atcrossingplacos and the rails when the trolley is diverted from the one to the other track. The invention comprises a running trolley A, the axle a of which is at each end provided with two wheels 1' .r. These wheels are loosely mounted on the axle and are capable of rotating independently of each other, for which Fi U is a plan view purpose separating-washersb" may bearranged between them. "This axle a is in its center-that is to say, het'weenthe two pairs of wheels-enlarged in diameter at d, from which enlargement or boss'the downward supporting or hearin webeprojects. The latter is provided on its foreand aft edges with a recess 0, in each of which a rot-aryguidingroller (7 is journaled. l

It is not necessary that each pair of wheels 1' I", as illustrated posed of two equally-large wheels. \Vheels of different sizes and also a larger number of wheels than two may be emp'loyedfor attainin g thesanie eifect-namel y, to impart to the ."xle a in direction of a support on passing over ranches or points in the line. -(See Fig. 3.) y. The auxiliary wheels 1"o-.1nay run free from contact with the rails when the innerzwheels are running on the railway-line, since the for mer are required andaetonly on traversing crossingor branch lines. v

.For carrying the running trolleysfrails made of angle-irolnbars, (see Fig. 2,)01' the in Figs l to 3, be comits vertical axial plane like may be used, two of which are arranged parallel at a suitable distance apart in such a manner that the webc, with its guide-rollers (I, has suiiicient play in the slot thins made between the rails. These 'rails'e are fixedv on the suspension-bearings, cantalivers, posts, or the like in such a' manner. that the trolleys and their eages or the like are enabled tol'reely pass. J t x 1 At" those.- .places where two railway-lines cross each other the rails are suitably widened. At crossings which do not intersect at right angles, bht at an angle of, say, fifty degrees, first the outer wheel 1'' passes the slot of the crossing while the load rests on' the inner wheel 2'. The inner wheel 0' then? over-the-slot'when the outer wheel 1" has al ready passed again onto the rail-and carries the load. With the opposite pair of wheels on the other side an inverse process takes placc-namely, first the inner-wheel traverses the slot, leaving the load on the-outer wheel,

while subsequently the outer wheelcrosses the load againsupported on the slot, leaving Thus out of the fon'rwheels the inner wheel.

passes indicated in the drawings eachpasses'singly I over the slot at a different time, so that at least always one wheel on each side carries the load. Consequently uninterrupted andnmform support of the load on passing the railits ' single switch or siding, but only The turning or switching of the;

trolley may beexeeuted on all the wheclsor l on but two, so that when the turningis to be made on two wheclsonly then in arranging the lines those parts of the rails on which the outer wheels usually turn should be cut away atthercspeetive places. as is shown in Figs. 11

RV, there is at the the and 113. In Fig. 4 a modification is shown iii-which the wheels of each pair are of different diameters and are mount-ed on ditl'ercntax les the larger wheels oi each pair bcing mounted on the main axle o, while the nectcd with the smaller ones.are mounted on an axle conweb 0, which depends t out '1 a boss or sleeve through whichthc main axle.

passes, all of the said wheels simultaneously engaging the track.

"lVhe-n' the trolley is to he n-s ed ou lm one line into the other out SiOPlltlgC being made, as described above, at the point of crossing, this may be effected by means ofthe arrangement hereinafter the scribed. and shown in Fig. 3. On the crossingof tworails, (one set of tracksf) namely, at the obtuse and suitably rounded-oil angles edge of the bottom side of rail a downwardly-prt'ijectin counter-rail \V', and rearward therefrom an abutment is arranged. On the web of each trolley is an arm r, Fig. 2, which at its outer end is provided with a suitably-shaped nose counter-rails \V'.

c: The arm c" maybe adjustahly secured in any suitable manner to the web 12, as in desired, they maybe placed in such a, ppsition as to come in proper contact with the aforesaid counter-rail W' and abutment A To pass or switch a trolley from one line to another without stopping, the arm 0 is iirst suitably secured to the web so that the noses 0' will come in proper contact behind the Owing to the particular shapev of this nose as illustrated in Figl 5, it is not allowed to freely pass through the space between the counter-rail but is, on the C'Olllltll'y held back by the latter, on which it turns until the trolley has been so far turned that it will run on the other line, whereupon the nose arrives into such a position as to allow of its pa sing in and the abutment crossing the first witha front of the abutment. Thus the trolley freely continues its passage onto the other line without having come to a standstill.

t' shows the construction of a single branch.-

The management shown in Figs. 7 and 8 enables the trolley where the tracks cross at right angles to be simply the one line into that running at right angles thereto. For this purpose there is placed vertically ahorethe crossing-point a horizontal disk s or the like. verticallysuspended. The main axle (I of the trolley carries above its boss (1' a forked arm g,'the two arms g'of which carry each on its inner side a'rotary whcclr'. These wheels 1" ride onto the upper face of the disk .5 as soon as the trolley arrives at the crossing-point of the line, so that the trolley with its load is now suspended from these auxiliary wheels r upon the disk 5. The trolley may then be tnrncthwhen the wheels r'-' willdcscribc arcs of a circle upon the disks. The rails at the crossing-pointmust be suitably cut away to afford space for the web with its guidc'rollers to turn.

In the trolley hcrcinhcforedescribed the axle (1 is at each side provided with at least two wheels 1' 1''. moving independently, from one another, to insure a continuous and uniform support. for the loud. llythe arrangement it rich will now be described these wheels provided at each end ot'theaxle may be brought into a tirni connection with each other or be replaced, respectively, by one suitably-shaped wheel by which, owing to it-s construetion alone or together with a particular form of the railsat tho crossing-points, uniitrated in Fig. 12, he out form support of the load on passing any cross ingot the line or the like nfay' alsobe secured. Thislattcrilnprovenientisillustrated in Figs. to 1:? of the annexed drawings. The wheel I" is of such a width or two wheels 1' are firmly connected so that this composite wheel on passing ovcra branch or a non-rectangular crossing finds, uninterrupted support on at least one of the two ed es of the wheel. In order to reduce minimum, either the wheels may beprovided each with two running-sitrfaccs, as in Fig. 9, or otherwise the frictiowface may be decreased by reducing the widthof the rail, as in Fig. 1o.

Especially at such crossings or branches of th 0 line where the trolley by simply turning on its vertical axis is passed out of the oneline into the other that part of the rail-surface whiehlies at the crossing-pointanay,

down to an extent of a few millimeters in depth, so that the turning motion may he only executed on the annular part 6 of the railsurface, which is left at the normal height. In this respect the saine result is attained with the wheel '1" shown in Fig. 10 as with the Fig. 9, for which latter the rails at the crossin g-points, Fig. 11, are provided with notches, so that always only one of the taunting-flanges turnedto pass from.

the friction to a as illuswheel shown in I be incontact with the rail-surface at any described myvinvention, what ;s age -w'ay in which said web travels a countersecured to said. track, an abutment also securedto sald track,-and near said rail,- an

I secured to said web having noses adapted engage said counter-rail, said parts being combined substantially as described. 3.1 In asuspension-trolley an axle with wheels freely mounted thereon, a web secured .to'said'axle rotary guiding-rollers mounted n thereon, rails supported at a suitable dis- 1.

.tance apart and adapted to have passed be-- tween them said web, an arm provided with above saidaxle,

noses adj ustably secured to said web, a counter-rail and abutment secured to said rail and adapted to engage said noses and an upwardly-projecting forked arm also secured having wheels mounted thereon, all of said parts being combined substantially as described.

3.,.In a suspension-trolley an axle with wheels mounted on either end thereof, a boss {lathe middle of said axle an upwardly-proiecting' forked arm secured to .said boss,

wheels .journaled on said forks,- a disk suit- I upper surface said latter wheels, a web also secured to said boss and projecting downwardly, rails adapted to have said web pass between them, an arm mounted on said web, anose on the end of said secured to said rail, and an abutment also fastened to said railand being adapted to engage said nose, all of said bined substantially as described.

4c. In a suspension-trolley switching device an axle with wheels suitably mounted thereon,

a'downwardly-projecting web secured to said axle, recesses in said web having journaled therein vertical rotating guides, rails secured in any suitable manner, said web passing between said rails, an arm having a nose adjustably mounted on said web, a counter-rail and abutment firmly secured to said rail and adaptedto engage said nose, projecting arm also secured to said axle having forked arms, wheels journaled in said arms, a horizontal disk suitably supported and adapted to engage said wheels on its upperface, all of said parts being combined, substantially as described.-

In'testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

ALEXANDER HUBER. Witnesses:

MARIA NAGEL, WILLIAM H. MADDEN.

parts being coman upwardly.

arm, a counter-rail/ 

